Question

A store has apples on sale for $3.00 for 2 pounds. If an apple is approximately 5 ounces, how many apples can you buy for $24.00? Complete the explanation.

The cost per pound of the apples on sale is $___.
You can buy ____pounds of apples for $24.00.
Since 1 pound = 16 ounces, so there are about ___ apples in each pound.
You can buy approximately _____apples for $24.00.

Answer 1

You can buy 48 apples for $24.00.

Explanation:

The cost per pound of the apples on sale is $1.50.

You can buy 16 pounds of apples for $24.00.

Since 1 pound = 16 ounces, so there are about 3 apples in each pound.

you can buy approximately 48 apples for $24.00.

Answer 2

Per pound is 1.50

8 pounds

3 or 4

76 or 77

Explanation: